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ESEA Reauthorization Clears U.S. House
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) was the only member of Iowa’s Congressional delegation to vote no. Photo credit: Dave Davidson – Prezography.com (Washington, DC) The U.S. House of Representatives was...
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Caffeinated Thoughts Radio 4-9-16 (Guests: Jane Robbins & Eric Goranson)
On this week’s episode of Caffeinated Thoughts Radio Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers spoke with Jane Robbins, a senior fellow with American Principles Project, about how big business is pushing back...
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Obama’s Unconstitutional Power Grab Over School Bathrooms
The Obama administration says that schools must allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity, not biological sex. The Obama Administration issued a decree mandating...
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Bill Targeting California’s Christian Colleges Changed After Intense Opposition
The “Biola bells” at Biola University , a Christian university located in Southern California. A bill in California, SB 1145, proposed to close a loophole in California law that allowed private,...
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Catholic Scholars: Common Core Is Incompatible With Catholic Education
Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia, PA. A new white paper, After the Fall: Catholic Education Beyond the Common Core, released today by the Pioneer Institute and American Principles Project,...
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State of Georgia to Pastor: Give Us Your Sermons
Photo credit: American Life League (CC-By-NC 2.0) The State of Georgia is requiring Dr. Eric Walsh to surrender copies of his sermons under threat of law. First Liberty Institute is representing him...
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Parents, Activists Press Trump to Keep Campaign Promises on Education
Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Cedar Rapids, IA on July 28, 2016. Photo credit: Max Goldberg, Iowa State Daily, cropped from original (CC-By-3.0) Parents and activists are pressing President-Elect...
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What Will Betsy DeVos Bring to the Role of Secretary of Education?
President-elect Donald Trump announced today that school choice advocate Betsy DeVos will be his Secretary of Education. DeVos will have to be confirmed by a Republican majority Senate. “Betsy DeVos...
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Episode 06: Jane Robbins Warns Parents About Personalized Learning
Personalized learning. It sounds like something that would be good for our students, but that is not the case. Our guest today warns that instead of teachers spending more individual time with your...
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Robbins Advocates for Student Privacy Before U.S. House Education Committee
Jane Robbins, a senior fellow with American Principles Project, was one of four witnesses for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce‘s hearing on “Evidence-Based Policymaking and the...
View ArticleReligious Freedom vs. State’s Nondiscrimination Statutes
Caffeinated Thoughts contributor Emmett McGroarty & Jane Robbins both of whom work for American Principles Project remind readers in a recent op/ed for The Public Discourse how the religious...
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Haley Supports Blocking Common Core Standards (Updated with Letter)
Governor Nikki Haley wrote a letter of support for Senator Mike Fair’s bill, S. 604 that would block the common core state standards from being implemented. The AP reported: Gov. Nikki Haley supports...
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Top Ten Reasons Why Students Need More Literature (Not Less)
By Jane Robbins and Joe Mack One of the many problems with the federally coerced Common Core State Standards is that they greatly de-emphasize the study of literature — in favor of studying...
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Why the Common Core State Standards Should Be Stopped
Jane Robbins of American Principles Project Stop Common Core, American Principles Project and the Concerned Women of America in Georgia made the following video series on the Common Core State...
View ArticleParents Invited to Discuss Iowa Core and Common Core
(Des Moines, IA) Concerned Women for America of Iowa LAC will host a free educational forum tonight at 6:30p at the Airport Holiday Inn & Conference Center (6111 Fleur Dr., Des Moines, IA). The...
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Common Core Debated in the Iowa House
Henry Burke watches Jane Robbins of American Principles Project give her testimony during a Iowa House subcommittee. (Des Moines, IA) There were two subcommittee meetings scheduled on Wednesday in the...
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Iowa House Passes Review Process for Academic Standards
State Representative Ron Jorgensen (R-Sioux City) authored HF 2439. (Des Moines, IA) The Iowa House yesterday afternoon passed HF 2439 in bipartisan fashion 96-0. The bill is the successor to HSB 592...
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Governor Pat Quinn Believes College and Career-Readiness Begins at Birth
Governor Pat Quinn convened his state’s very first symposium on “college and career readiness begins at birth” through the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development. The symposium which was...
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Grassroots Groups Push NGA Chair Mary Fallin to End Common Core
Gov. Mary Fallin (R-OK) with Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO) on the left and Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) on the right. American Principles Project, Eagle Forum, Concerned Women for America, Home School Legal...
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Study Finds that New Technology, Relaxation of Protections Threaten Student...
(Boston, MA) New technology allows advocates for education as workforce development to accomplish what has long been out of their reach: the collection of data on every child, beginning with preschool...
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Caffeinated Thoughts Radio – 7-19-14
We aren’t sure we would call it “magic,” but this is where “it” happens. Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers were talking education! Jenni White, President of Restore Oklahoma Public Education (ROPE)...
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Conservatives Push Back Against AP U.S. History Rewrite
David Coleman, President and CEO of the College Board American Principles in Action and Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) held a conference call with hundreds of...
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Arne Duncan Seeks to Ensure Equal Distribution of School Resources
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Photo credit: Ralph Alswang (CC-By-ND 2.0) The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a “Dear Colleague” letter to school districts and...
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New Book Brings Political Right, Left and Center Together to Stop Common Core
(Madison, WI) Resounding Books officially announced publication of Common Ground on Common Core: Voices from across the Political Spectrum Expose the Realities of the Common Core State Standards. The...
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Activists Rally Against Two Fed Education Bills
Photo credit: Martin Jacobsen (CC-By-SA 3.0) (Washington, DC) American Principles in Action warns activists about two bills before Congress this week that they say would further entrench federal...
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Is Iowa’s Investment in Pre-K Education Worthwhile?
The Iowa Department of Education released the 3rd edition of early learning standards. The state standards, designed for the development and learning of children below kindergarten age, were revised...
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